What's he that wishes so?
My cousin, ColossusCrusher? Yes, my fair cousin; if men should mark us to be extremists, and we should fail in this election, we are enough to do our country service. And if to partially succeed, the fewer men elected, the greater share of duty for each!
God's will! I pray thee, say not one more falsehood. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, nor care I who doth feed upon my cost. It yearns me not if men my garments wear; such outward things dwell not in my desires.
But if it be a sin to covet honour. I am the most offending soul alive. But do not think I seek empty valoration for my party or myself, nor do I wish to suck up the support of those not committed to the freedom of the Fatherland. Rather proclaim it, throughout my host, that he which hath no stomach to this fight and would abandon Iron Fist to the ravages of Bolshevism... let him depart. His passport shall be made, and crowns for convoy put into his purse. We would not die in that man's company that fears his fellowship to die with us!
This day is the start of the year which shall begin a new age. He that outlives this time, and comes safe home, will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd, and rouse him at the name of Wilhelm. I would name this Wilhelmstag!
He that shall live this day, and see old age, will yearly, on the vigil, feast his neighbours, and say "Tomorrow is Wilhelmstag." Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, and say "These wounds had I defending the Kaiser from Socialism."
OLD MEN FORGET. Yet all shall be forgot, but he'll remember what feats he did in that year. Then shall our names, familiar in their mouths as HOUSEHOLD WORDS - Wilhelm the Kaiser, Alexus and Tommy4ever, alexon47 and ColossusCrusher, Colonel Ironboot and Onni_Manni - Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red!
This story shall the good man teach his son; that brave men stood up on election day, 1936, and said "We will not go down without a fight! We will not vanish into the night! We're going to live on! We're going to survive!" And Kaiser Wilhelm's Day shall ne'er go by, from this day to the ENDING OF THE WORLD, but we in it shall be remembered - we few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that shares German blood with me is my brother; be he ne'er so vile, this struggle shall gentle his condition. AND GENTLEMEN IN GERMANY NOW ABED shall think themselves ACCURSED they were not with us, and hold their manhoods CHEAP whiles any speaks, that fought with us upon Kaiser Wilhelm's Day!